Kuhn, Andreas; Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
related drugs, as well as for hospitalizations due to mental health problems for men (but not for women); and (iii) sickness …We study the short-run effect of involuntary job loss on comprehensive measures of public health costs. We focus on job … loss induced by plant closure, thereby addressing the reverse causality problem of deteriorating health leading to job loss …